Umbrella-rib-tip cup



No. 6I5,5I6. Patented Dec. 6, I898.-

J. ALLESINA.

UMBRELLARIB TIP CUP.

(Application filed Mar. 16, 1898.)

(No Model.)

W/ T/VE SSE S A TTCHNE rs.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALLESINA, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

UMBRELLA-RlB-TIP ouP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,516, dated December 6, 1898. i

Application filed March 16, 1898. Serial No. 674,066. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN ALLEsINA,of Portland, in the county of Mnltnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rib-Tip Holders for Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved cup adapted to receive the tips of the ribs when the umbrella is closed and to hold the ribs close to the stick of the umbrella and obviating the necessity of the usual rubber ring.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the cover, the crown, the runner, and stretchers.

of the umbrella, showing a portion of the stick in elevation and a portion in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a portion of the handle and a portion of the stick of the.

umbrella and through the sliding cup adapted to receive the tips of the ribs, the view being drawn on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The stick A may be made of metal or other material and is usually tubular, as shown in Fig. 1. The stick is provided with the usual crown 10 and cover-cap 11. Any approved form of ribs 12 and cover 14 maybe employed; but each rib at its inner end is provided with an attached sleeveor casing 15, made of aluminium or other non-corrodible material, and the inner ends of the sleeves 15 are flattened and are entered into the slots of the crown 10 and secured to the crown in the manner ordinarily employed to attach the ribs directly to the crown. Under such a construction it will be observed that the ribs will not rust where they connect with the crown, and thus separate from said crown, as frequently happens under the old construction, in which case the cover is often lacerated by the ribs forcing themselves out through the cover. Such an accident will rarely, if ever, happen when the non-corrodible sleeves 15 are used on the ribs.

The runner 16 is of the usual form and is held to travel on the stick A in the customary manner. The runner is held in its upperposition by means of a latch 17, pivoted to the handle and provided with a foot 18, which clamp 22, located near the center of said members.

The members of opposing stretchers are tied together or united in the same slot in the runner, and the stretchers are of such length that when the umbrella is open they are placed under tension, exerting pressure in direction of the handle, so that the moment the runner is released from its catch or latch 17 the stretchers act to force the runner downward and close the umbrella.

Any approved form of handle A is attached to the stick A, and a cup 0 is held to slide partially on the stick and partially on the handle, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, the cup being adapted "to receive the tips of the ribs of the umbrella. The cup preferably consists of a sleeve 23, fitted to slide on the stick A, and a second sleeve 24: of greater diameter, held to slide on the handle A, the two sleeves being connected bya partition 25, whereby a gutter or a channel 26 is formed near the outer end of the sleeve, in which the tips of the umbrella-ribs are received. A pin 27 is passed through the upper and smaller sleeve 23 of the cup, the said pin being likewise vpassed through slots 28, made longitudinally in the stick. A spring 29 is made to rest upon the upper end of the handle Aand against the pin 27, serving to hold the said pin normally at the upper ends of the slots catch or latch 17 for the runner. Thus it will be observed that when the umbrella is opened and held open by the latch 17 if it be desired to close said umbrella it is simply necessary to draw the cup 0 inward along the handle, at which movement the latch 17 will be carried within the stick out of the path of the runner, and the stretchers will at once act to force the runner downward. When the umbrella is closed, the cup is permitted to assume its normal position, and the tips of the ribs will then be within the channel 26 in the cup.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 

